Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | cucut daurat |
Czech | kukačka tmavozobá |
Dutch | Kleine Mangrovekoekoek |
English | Dark-billed Cuckoo |
English (United States) | Dark-billed Cuckoo |
French | Coulicou de Vieillot |
French (France) | Coulicou de Vieillot |
German | Dunkelschnabelkuckuck |
Icelandic | Vætugaukur |
Japanese | コミミグロカッコウ |
Norwegian | tupigjøk |
Polish | kukawik brunatny |
Portuguese (Brazil) | papa-lagarta-acanelado |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Papa-lagarta-acanelado |
Russian | Галапагосская пиайя |
Serbian | Tamnokljuna američka kukavica |
Slovak | kukavka čiernosluchá |
Spanish | Cuclillo Canela |
Spanish (Argentina) | Cuclillo Canela |
Spanish (Chile) | Cuclillo de pico negro |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cuclillo Piquioscuro |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Cuclillo Piquioscuro |
Spanish (Panama) | Cuclillo Piquioscuro |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Cuclillo canela |
Spanish (Peru) | Cuclillo de Pico Oscuro |
Spanish (Spain) | Cuclillo canela |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Cuclillo Común |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Cuclillo Grisáceo |
Swedish | mörknäbbad regngök |
Turkish | Kara Gagalı Guguk |
Ukrainian | Кукліло бурий |
Introduction
A fairly common, albeit reclusive, resident of tropical deciduous forest and other open woodlands, Dark-billed Cuckoo has a large range and is well adapted to a variety of habitats. This species also inhabit a wide range of altitudes; it primarily occurs in the lowlands, but has been observed as high as 3600 m. Like other species of Coccyzus, Dark-billed Cuckoo is not a nest parasite and instead raises its own young, which can number as many as five per clutch. The diet of Dark-billed Cuckoo consists nearly entirely of terrestrial arthropods, with caterpillars, beetles, ants, and grasshoppers being its favorite prey.